Amos kehler



A. KEHLER.

SPLIT BAND PULLEY.

No. 406,287. Patented July 2, 1889..

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AMOS KEHLER, OF VVARSAV, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WVILBUR F.MAISH, OF SAME PLACE.

SPLIT BAN D-PU LLEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,287, dated July 2,1889.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMOS KEHLER, of WVarsaw, in the county of Kosciuskoand State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin a Split Band-Pulley, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, that will enable others to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in split or separable woodpulleys, as will be hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of apullcy em- I 5 bodying my improvedfeatures; Fig. 2, a transverse section on line 1 1, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is asection taken on the.1ine of separation 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 shows thetwo parts of the flanged hub placed opposite each other on the same halfof the pulley; Fig. 5, the two companion parts, and Fig. 6 a perspectiveof the hub-bushing.

, Referring to the drawings, A represents the web of the pulley, and Bthe rim,which parts are Wholly composed of Wood.

The hub of the pulley consists of the semicircular angular flanges O 0',located on each side of the pulley and secured to each half of the sameby means of the bolts a a. In ad- 0 dition to the bolts a a for securingthe companion parts 0 O of the hub, these parts are provided with thedowel-pins M, which areinserted in the web of the pulley and assist infirmly securing this part of the hub to the cor- 5 responding half ofthe pulley, thus preventing all possibility of the same from workingloose on the bolts, and also adapting the same to better resist theheavy strain to which pulleys are subjected. The part 0' of the hub issecured to the pulley by the bolts a, so that 40 when uniting the twohalves of the pulley together on the shaft this part will spring enoughon the bolts to bring the same to a close and perfect union. Theclamping-bolts b secure the hub parts and the respective halves of the 5pulley and lock the same rigidly together.

The bushing D is divided into two parts or halves longitudinally, asshown in Fig. 6. Each half is provided exteriorly and longitudinallywith the feather or rib d, which fits into and engages withcorresponding grooves d, formed in the respective parts of the hub. Bythis means the two parts of the pulley and hub are firmly securedtogether in. a manner that is best adapted to resist the strain from 5all points.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a split pulley, the combination, with the two separable halvesthereof, of the flanged hub parts correspondingly divided and providedwith grooves, as described, the two-part bushing having a feather formedon each part which engage with the grooves in said flanges, and thebolts for clamping the diiferent parts together, substantially as setforth.

AMOS KEHLER. Witnesses:

L. M. FREEMAN, L. B. COUPLAND.

